Goran Vojnović
Goran Vojnović (born 11 June 1980) is a Slovenian writer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his 2008 novel Southern Scum Go Home (Čefurji raus!) which won him numerous awards as well as a lawsuit filed by the Slovenian Police that was withdrawn a day later after media attention and public outrage at police filing charges for a work of fiction brought embarrassment to the Slovenian Ministry of Interior. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television.
Goran Vojnović
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- Name
- Goran Vojnović
- Born
- 11 June 1980
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- Writer, screenwriter, film director
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Honours
- Kresnik Award
- Languages
- Slovene · Croatian
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Goran Vojnović (born 11 June 1980) is a Slovenian writer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his 2008 novel Southern Scum Go Home (Čefurji raus!) which won him numerous awards as well as a lawsuit filed by the Slovenian Police that was withdrawn a day later after media attention and public outrage at police filing charges for a work of fiction brought embarrassment to the Slovenian Ministry of Interior. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television.
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He published his first collection of poetry Lep je ta svet in 1998. His novel Čefurji raus! Started out as an unfinished film script. It describes life of immigrant youth in the Fužine estate in Ljubljana, their everyday problems and cultural differences between locals and immigrants from the former Yugoslavia. For it he won the Prešeren Foundation Award and the Kresnik Award in 2009. It has been translated and published in many languages. His novel Jugoslavija, moja dežela (Yugoslavia, My Fatherland) was published in 2011 by Beletrina. The English translation was published in 2015 by Istros Books in the UK. His third novel Figa (The Fig Tree) was translated into English by Istros Books in 2020.
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• Name — Goran Vojnović • Born — 11 June 1980 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia • Occupation — Writer, screenwriter, film director • Notable Works — Čefurji raus!, Jugoslavija moja dežela, Figa
Works Translated into English
Works Translated into English
• Yugoslavia, My Fatherland (Istros Books, London, 2015) • The Fig Tree (Istros Books, London, 2020)
Published works
• Čefurji raus! (Southern Scum Go Home!), novel (2008) • Jugoslavija, moja dežela (Yugoslavia, My Fatherland), novel (2013) • Figa (The Fig Tree), novel (2016) • Đorđić se vrača, novel (2021) • Zbiralec strahov, essays (2022)
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- 1.Goran Vojnović. Von der Namenlosigkeit. 2021-03-05.
- 2.Matjaž Birk. Zu literarischen Identitätskonstruktionen des Balkans an Jahrhundertwenden: An Beispielen aus der ausgewählten deutschen Zeitungsliteratur aus Krain und des slowenischen Gegenwartsromans.
- 3.Ljubljansko ogledalo: »Na začetku sem se pisanja loteval nepremišljeno«. Delo. 2014-02-28.
- 4.Maja Čepin Čander. Razžaljeni policisti zaslišali avtorja romana Čefurji raus in Dnevnikovega kolumnista Gorana Vojnovića. Dnevnik. 2009-01-23.
- 5.Šinkovec odstop ponudil zaradi ovadbe Vojnovića. RTV Slovenija. 2009-01-23.
- 6.Alojzija Zupan Sosič. Govor v sodobnem slovenskem romanu.
- 7.Peter Kolšek. Ocena filma Čefurji raus!. Delo. 2013-10-05.
- 8.Marcel Stefančič Jr. Čefurji raus!. Mladina. 2013-10-04.
- 9.Goran Vojnović. Društvo slovenskih pisateljev/Slovene Writers’ Association.
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